Fish-line reel.



No. 734,959. PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

- E. D. ROCKWELL.

FISH LINE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. ROCKWELL, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE LIBERTYBELL COMPANY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TION OF CONNECTICUT.

FISH-LINE REEL.

SEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,959, dated July 28,1903.

Application filed March 4, 1903.

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD D. ROCKWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Line Reels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fish-line reels.

One of the main objects of the invention is the provision of meanswhereby the brake and click devices may be operative when the line isbeing pulled out, but will be instantly thrown out of engagement whensaid line is wound in.

A further object of the invention is the provision of improved means forlocking the end plates of the reel together, whereby said reel may bereadily assembled when desired.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of afish-line reel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is aview of the inner face of one of the end plates of the reel, showing theposition the click and brake devices occupy when in engagement with thepinion carried by the spindle of the reel. Fig. 3 is a view illustratingthe position said parts assume when the spool is rotated to wind in theline. Fig. 1 is a sectional View of a pinion which may be substitutedfor the pinion illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, if desired. Fig. 5 isasectional View upon line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectionalview upon line 6 6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a view of a modification of thedevice, and Fig. 8 is a view of a further modifloation.

Like numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates one of the endplates of a fish-line reel, and 6 rods commonly employed for fasteningsaid plates together, said rods being headed at 7, as best illustratedin Fig. 6. Spun or otherwise loosely secured upon end plate 5 is alocking-plate 8, having keyhole: slots 9 formed therein for a purposehereinafter described.

SerialNo.146,223. (No model.)

The spindle 10 of the spool carries a pinion 11, which meshes withadrag-wheel12, mounted upon a carrier 13, having a slot 14 formedtherein for the reception of a pin 15, carried by the end plate 5. Meansfor regulating the tension to be placed upon said drag-wheel areillustratedin Fig. 5 and comprise a headed stud 16, having a collar 17,an angular portion of which enters a recess in the carrier 18, the headof said stud bearing against the face of the dragwheel 12. Mounted fortransverse movement in a slot 18 of end plate 5 is a thumb-screw 19,reduced, as at 19, and threaded into the collar 17 of stud 16, and byrotating said thumb-screw any desired tension may be placed upon thedrag-wheel12, or

said drag-wheel and carrier may be manually thrown out of engagementwith pinion 11, if desired.

Designated in a general way by 20 is the click mechanism of the reel,the click proper being pivoted upon a screw 21, which passes through aslot 22, formed in end plate 5, and engages a cap 23 upon the outer faceof said plate, whereby said click may be manually operated when desired.A tongue 24 of the click, the outer end of which engages the pinion ll,is normally held against apin 25, pro- -jecting from plate 5, by thetension of a spring 26, one end of which is secured to a pin 27 and theother end of which engages an extension 28 of said click. When theclickis thrown out of engagement with pinion 11, as will be hereinafterdescribed, a locking-shoulder 2 1- of tongue 24 snaps behind pin 25 andprevents the click from being accidentally thrown into contact with saidpinion.

The operation of this form of myimproved reel is as follows: After thevarious parts have been placed in position and the bars 6 have beeninserted in the slots 9 of lockingplate 8 said locking-plate is turnedto cause the walls of the narrow portions of said slots to engage theheaded ends 7 of the rods and to thereby lock the structure together, aswill be readily seen by referring to Fig. 1, after which a latch 29 isswung into the position illustrated in said figure to prevent theaccidental movement of the locking-plate. In Fig. 2 the arrow indicatesthe direction in which the pinion 11 rotates when the line is beingdrawn out, and, as illustrated in said figure, the click and drag-wheelwill remain in engagement with said pinion as long as such rotationcontinues. When, however, the rotation of said pinion is reversed, saidclick and drag-wheel will be automatically thrown out of engagement withsaid pinion, and the parts will assume the positions illustrated in Fig.3. This result is attained by pivoting the carrier 13 upon pin 15, forit is obvious that since the drag-wheel 12 has a frictional bearing uponthe face of said carrier the tendency will he to impart movement to saidcarrier in the same direction in which the drag-wheel 12 rotates, and bypivoting the carrier upon pin 15 said carrier is forced to swing in anarc struck from the center of said pin. This swinging movement of thecarrier causes the drag-wheel12 to remain in mesh with pinion 11 as longas the pinion rotates in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, at whichtime the line is being drawn out and throws said drag-wheel away fromsaid pinion when the pinion rotates in the direction of the arrow inFig. 3 to wind in the line. WVhen desired, the brake and click devicesare manually thrown into engagement with pinion 11. In Fig.7 theoperation is the same, excepting that the click and drag-wheel are bothmounted upon the carrier, said click engaging, as before, with pinionll, while in Fig. 8 said click is mounted upon the carrier in suchmanner as to engage the teeth of the drag-wheel 12.

Referring now to Fig. 4, it willbe seen that the spindle 10 of the spoolis chambered, as at 30, and in said chamber is a spring 31, bearingagainst a ball 32 to force said ball outward into a recess 33, having aninclined wall 34 and a locking-shoulder 35, formed in pinion 36. Whenthe pinion illustrated in Fig. 4 is substituted for pinion 11, theball-ratchet composed of spring 31, ball 32, and lockingshoulder 35serves to lock said pinion to spindle 10 when the line is being drawnout, but allows said pinion to remain motionless when said line is woundin, and by virtue of this construction the brake and click devices afterhaving been once thrown into engagement with the pinion will remain sountil thrown out of such engagement by hand. As will be readily seen,this construction obviates the necessity of throwing said click andbrake devices into engagement every time the fish starts to run out withthe line.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that very simple meanshave been provided for causing the brake and click devices of afishing-reel to remain in engagement with the spindle of the reel aslong as the line is being drawn out and to be instantly thrown out ofengagement when said line is wound in, and while the particulararrangement of parts shown and described is well suitedto edect thisobject it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is notHaving thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a fish-linereel, the combination, with the reel-spindle, of a pinion carried bysaid spindle;-a carrier; brake and click devices engaging said pinionwhen the line is running out, one of said devices being mounted upon thecarrier, and means for causing said brake and click devices to be thrownout of engagement with the pinion when the spool is rotated to wind inthe line.

2. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle, of apinion carried by said spindle; a carrier; brake and click devicesmounted upon said carrier and engaging said pinion when the line isrunning out; and means for causing said brake and click devices to beautomatically thrown out of engagement with the pinionwhen the spool isrotated to wind in the line.

3. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle, of apinion carried by said spindle; a carrier; a drag-wheel in engagementwith the pinion when the line is running out carried by the carrier; amovable click; means for holding the click in engagement with saidpinion while the line is running out; and means for locking the clickout of engagement with the pinion.

at. The combination, with a frame, of a spindle; a pinion carried bysaid-spindle; a click movable in a slot of the frame, and having anotch; a spring for throwing in the click; and a pin forengaging thenotch in said click and thereby holding it out of contact with thepinion.

5. The combination, with a frame, ofa reelspindle mounted in said frame;a notched click movably mounted on one of the end plates of the frame; aspring for throwing in the click; a pinion carried by the spindle; adrag for engaging the pinion; and a pin on the end plate for engagingthe notch in the click.

6. The combination, with a frame, of a reelspindle mounted in saidframe; a pinion carried by the spindle; a drag-wheel in engagement withthe pinion; a movable plate upon which the drag-wheel is mounted; andmeans for holding the drag-wheel in engagement with said plate withsufficient friction to cause the drag-wheel to remain in engagement withthe pinion when the spindle is rotated in one direction and to be thrownout of contact with said pinion when the spindle is rotated in the otherdirection.

7. The combination, with a frame having end plates, of a spindle; apinion on the spindle; a plate having an opening; a pin on one of theend plates passing through said opening; a drag-wheel mounted forrotation on the plate; and means for holding the drag KOO wheel infrictional engagement with the plate.

S. The combination, with a frame having end plates, of a carrier pivotedto one of said end plates; a dragwheel; an adjustable device for causingthe drag-wheel to bear frictionally upon the carrier; a spindlejournaled in the end plates; and a pinion on said spindle, and withwhich the drag-wheel is adapted to engage.

9. The combination, with a reel-spindle, of a pinion carried by saidspindle; a bowed carrier pivoted to an end plate of the reel; adrag-wheel adapted to engage the pinion, the face of said drag-Wheelbeing in frictional engagement with the carrier; a thumb-screw, thebarrel of which passes through a slot of the end plate; and aninternally-threaded, flanged stud having an angular portion entering aslot of the carrier, said stud having a collar upon which the drag-wheelrotates.

EDWARD D. ROCKWELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. CAMPBELL, FRANCES E. BLODGETT.

